Year 10 Homework for 17th June 2008 (10X only)
Friday June 13th 2008, 10:53 am
Filed under: 10X1, Uncategorized

Here is your homework question:-

 

Explain, using examples, the social and economic effects of deindustrialisation in an area of traditional heavy industry.  (6)

You need to plan your essay answer like so…..

  • write about the Ruhr industries (Coal, Iron&Steel), how they have declined since 1950…..write about the socio-economic problems that this caused.  (These are in your yellow books)
  • Add numbers, place names etc
  • Write about South Wales, problems caused by coal mines+iron and steel industry being closed. eg. unemployment,dereliction, vandalism, family breakdowns, drug use by young, alcoholism. Change to Light manufacturing and part-time female employment.
  • Try to include factory names such as Hitachi, Millennium Stadium Cardiff etc. Cardiff Bay Development Corporation.


7A1 Homework due in 23rd May 2008
Friday May 16th 2008, 7:59 am
Filed under: 7A1

For at least one of the Microclimate Fieldwork Tasks below, finish of the write up.

more-microclimate-fieldwork.doc

Try to give more than one reason

For each reason, try to use connectives to extend your explaining.

E.g.  

this means, this is caused by, therefore, this is due to, because, also, and, so this,

however, BUT,,etc

You can even get higher grades by searching on the internet for other school’s fieldwork results and using these to help explain your results.



Y10 Homework due in 19th or 20th May 2008
Friday May 16th 2008, 7:06 am
Filed under: Uncategorized

Here is the Question based on last lesson’s work……

m4-corridor-question-small.jpg

m4-corridor-question.jpg  to print yout own copy.

To help you….. you will need to include:-

  • sunrise industries
  • the types of industries
  • Market location
  • Reading
  • Cambridge and Oxford Universites as research centres
  • Labour supply (University Graduates)
  • Travel links - motorways, rail, airports and destinations
  • Names of companies
  • Pleasant working environment
  • Pleasant living conditions (where?)

All of these things will/should be in your book from this week’s work

REMEMBER   4 mark questions NEED 4 things described and explained!!!!



9B4 Monday 21st April Lesson - The Turkish Earthquake
Monday April 21st 2008, 6:43 am
Filed under: 9B4

THE TURKEY EARTHQUAKE 1999 - Today’s Lesson

In today’s lesson you have to use 3 WEBSITES and answer questions from the WORKSHEET. Answer on the back of your Worksheet.

Here are the WEBSITES:-

1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/17/newsid_2534000/2534245.stm

2.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9908/17/turkey.quake.07/

3.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/turk-a19.shtml  



9B4 The Turkish Earthquake 1999
Monday April 14th 2008, 7:39 am
Filed under: 9B4

The Turkish Earthquake 1999

 Two devastating earthquakes hit Turkey within the space of less than three months during 1999. The first - with its epicentre at Izmit in Turkey’s heavily populated northwest - struck at 0302 hours local time on 17 August. It left some 17,000 people dead and thousands more homeless. The second struck just 100km away on 12 November, killing hundreds more. 

 A massive earthquake hit the city of Izmit in 1999. ·      

Your task is to find out what happened

 ·       You must put in as many facts and numbers as you can find 

·       You will need to have a map to show where Turkey and Izmit are

 ·       You need to find some pictures of the damage caused by the earthquake

 ·       You could try to get some eye-witness accounts eg. What the survivors said 

These websites are good starting places:-

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%C4%B0zmit_earthquake 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/422773.stm 

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/vgd/resources/ffiles/turkeyearthquake.doc 

Or you can search on Google:- http://www.google.co.uk/ 

PRESENT YOUR WORK AS A SPECIAL REPORT, PRINTED OUT AND MADE INTO A BOOKLET.



Y10 Homework due in 14th or 15th April 2008
Friday April 11th 2008, 7:51 am
Filed under: 10X1, 10Y2

Describe how humans use an upland glaciated landscape.

In other words, how do people use the Lake District landscape?

Use the slideshow below, and the words/facts that you wrote in the lesson.

Words to use in your answer:-
High rainfall 1500mm/year, often falling as snow in winter.
Summer temperatures are only 14C
Little amount of sunshine…. short growing season.
Thin, stony, infertile soils
Only sheep farming is possible.
Forestry (diversification)
Travel is difficult (lakeland lanes)
Tourism is very important
Hill walking on Pyramidal Peaks (Helvellyn)
Rock Climbing on steep backwalls (Brown Cove)
Watersports on Ribbon Lakes (Lake Windermere)
Campsites/holiday cottages on flat valley floors(U-shaped Valley(
Honeypot sites



7A3 + 7A1 Homework due in 15th or 18th April
Tuesday April 08th 2008, 8:15 pm
Filed under: 7A1, 7A3

Research some climate information about the UK.

To do this…. find things such as….

1.   the average summer temperature

2.   the average annual rainfall

3.   the average sunshine hours in summer.  etc,

If you could get some climate information for Doncaster…. sir will print your name on this blog site.

This Website may help you….

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/



Earthquakes happening now!
Sunday March 16th 2008, 8:59 pm
Filed under: All Years

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7A1 Homework for first week back after Easter Holidays
Friday March 14th 2008, 12:15 pm
Filed under: 7A1

Find a weather forecast either on the Internet….. use the link below…… http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/yh/doncaster_forecast_weather.html

 or cut one out of a newspaper. Make sure that you stick it in your book for the first lesson back after Easter.



Y10 Homework due in 17th or 18th March 2008
Friday March 14th 2008, 11:40 am
Filed under: 10X1, 10Y2

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This week’s question is ….

How is a Ribbon Lake formed. (6 marks)

Use your 4 diagrams which you did in lesson and/or the powerpoint slideshow below…..

You will need to include these keywords, numbers and named places in your answer …..

20,000  1-2metres/day, freeze-thaw weathering, plucking, abrasion, corrie glaciers, Valley glacier, U-shaped Valley, resistant rock, softer rock, melting, glacier retreats, long narrow lake, ribbon lake, Lake Windermere in |Lake District. 11 miles long.

Extra: interlocking spurs, truncated spurs, crevasses.